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Private Equity

Friends with Money

July 15, 2010 - How the pay-to-play scandal in the pension fund industry could get in the way of raising capital for start-up companies

High Yield Sees More Common Stock

May 6, 2010 - Issuers look to refinance existing debt or pay for acquisitions with convertible debt transactions.

Turnaround Firm Grows in N.Y.

May 6, 2010 - Ex-Traxi pro helps MorrisAnderson with East Coast expansion.

Hunting Some Bigger Game

April 29, 2010 - Using the heft of its Canadian parent as a selling point, RBC Capital Markets is reaching out to large Wall Street customers.

NewOak Brings on CRE Pro

April 29, 2010 - NewOak Capital, a New York-based asset manager and advisory firm, hired Carlos Vigon to develop a new business that will buy and actively manage real estate properties for clients, mostly institutional investors.

Nomura Jumps into Tech M&A

April 22, 2010 - Sasson Darwish last week became Nomura Securities’ first major tech banker in North America, where the Japanese firm expects a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.

Advent Banks on Electronic Payments

April 22, 2010 - The Boston private-equity firm gambles on transaction processing companies after finding deals in banking too tricky.

Leveraged Loan Rebirth Continues

April 22, 2010 - A trio of term loans and plans for three collateralized loan obligations suggest that things are getting better in the debt markets.

A Decade Later, Chicago Corp. Reopens

April 15, 2010 - Executives at the new Chicago Corp. see a sweet spot in the M&A advisory market: middle-market firms in the Midwest.

LBO Debt Could Be Readily Absorbed

April 8, 2010 - IMS Health transactions could serve as a case study for future M&A-related junk bond offerings.

Nonprofit Hospitals Now in Play

March 25, 2010 - Private-equity group Cerberus Capital Management LP yesterday said it would buy Boston’s nonprofit Caritas Christi Health Care for $830 million, taking over the Catholic system’s long-term debt and spending $400 million on capital upgrades.

Follow-On Deal Flurry Is Expected To Linger

March 25, 2010 - Increasingly, proceeds from follow-on offerings are being used to pay private-equity owners.

The Class of 2009

March 25, 2010 - Nearly 50% of all nonfinancial firms that defaulted last year were PE-owned, and most defaults were distressed exchanges.

KBW Launches New Practice

March 18, 2010 - JPMorgan veteran will lead firm’s real estate I-banking team.

C.P. Eaton Expands Ranks

March 11, 2010 - C.P. Eaton Partners hired Loren Boston, a fundraising veteran and former global head of origination for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's private-equity funds group, as part of the advisory firm's efforts to grab market share from larger rivals.